. Outing. pretty rough. The President leaned forward until hisface was about three inches from the Com-missioners. He lifted his arm and broughthis closed fist down on Mr. Wares kneewith a good, sound thump. Mr. Commissioner, he cried, youtake a wrong view of this matter! Thatman should have been proud of thosewounds, those honorable disfigurements;positively happy over them. He shouldhave been willing, if able, to pay the gov-ernment a bounty for them, instead ofbegging a pension from the government! Let me tell you something, Mr. have always been unhappy, most un-happy, that I was not
. Outing. pretty rough. The President leaned forward until hisface was about three inches from the Com-missioners. He lifted his arm and broughthis closed fist down on Mr. Wares kneewith a good, sound thump. Mr. Commissioner, he cried, youtake a wrong view of this matter! Thatman should have been proud of thosewounds, those honorable disfigurements;positively happy over them. He shouldhave been willing, if able, to pay the gov-ernment a bounty for them, instead ofbegging a pension from the government! Let me tell you something, Mr. have always been unhappy, most un-happy, that I was not severely woundedin Cuba; that I did not lose a leg or anarm or both; or that I was not wounded insome other striking and disfiguring nearest I came to it was when a spentball struck the back of my hand. Itmerely raised a lump, and even that dis-appeared in a day or two. Oh, how I wish,how I have never ceased to wish, that ithad gone clear through. That would haveleft some kind of a scar at I have always been most unhappy that I didnot lose a leg or an arm in Cuba. Exit—Roosevelt, the Dominant 723
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